DISCOVERING ARDI which made its world premiere this past Saturday night, October 10 in Ethiopia on Ethiopian State Television and its U.S. premiere this past Sunday night at 9pm e/p on Discovery Channel delivered strong audiences on a highly competitive viewing night. Bringing in strong delivery numbers across key demos, the special garnered nearly two million P2+ viewers (1,800 K) and Household numbers of 1,307 k (1.31) and 859k (.79) in Persons 25-54.

Cume numbers will be coming tomorrow.

The special will encore this thursday at 9PM ET/PT.

For viewers who want more information, they can log onto www.discovery.com/ardi where they will find a wide variety of materials, including timelines, interviews with the international research team, a re-creation of the landscape in which "Ardi" lived and, for the first time ever seen, artist�s renderings of what "Ardi" would have looked like when alive.